An inquiry into the cause for anemia should answer the questions: (1) Is there evidence for the deficiency of necessary bloodbuilding blocks (iron, intrinsic and extrinsic factors, metals, protein)?, (2) Is there evidence for deficient production in the marrow (pernicious anemia, aplastic anemia, myelophthisic anemia)?, (3) Is there evidence for excessive red cell destruction or hemoglobin alteration (hemolytic anemias, sickle cell anemia, Mediterranean anemia, methemoglobinernia, hemoglobinuria, uremia, sepsis)?, (4) Is there evidence for blood loss (gastrointestinal hemorrhage, renal hemorrhage, menorrhagia, etc.)?, (5) Does the hemoglobin level in the blood give a false picture of the total hemoglobin mass in the body (hemoconcentration after hemorrhage; hemodilution during pregnancy)?
When a reasonable attempt to answer these questions has been made, therapy for anemia and the headache attendant upon it may be intelligently instituted. Forever Arctic Sea also entails figuring out how sure illnesses, situations or issues could also be caused by dietary factors, reminiscent of poor food regimen (malnutrition), food allergies, metabolic illnesses, etc. A word of caution is issued against the use of compounds containing acetylsalicylic acid in the symptomatic relief of headache arising in the course of gastrointestinal bleeding. The frequency with which bleeding from gastritis and peptic ulcer is associated with the ingestion of such compounds seems more than coincidental, especially in the light of their known local irritative effects on the gastric mucosa, and their tendency to depress prothrombin levels. The tendency for compounds containing phenacetin to affect capillary permeability and to foster prolonged bleeding times should be remembered, especially in patients who have painful, profuse menstruation and resultant anemia. The dangers of steroid and Butazolidin therapy in patients with potential bleeding gastrointestinal lesions needs emphasis, since both of these forms of treatment which may be used to relieve headache in certain conditions are apt to cause gastrointestinal bleeding and further anemia.
Acetanilid is another headache remedy which, when used in excess, may cause more headache by its tendency to change hemoglobin to methemoglobin, with resultant anoxemia.
Aloe Blossom Herbal Tea Focus drink is a delicious tasting simple-to-make beverage and a satisfying thirst-quencher. Headache is an episodic occurrence, when hemolytic crises take place in the body, whether due to congenital or acquired hemolytic anemia, transfusion reactions, sickle cell disease, Cooley’s or Mediterranean anemia, paroxysmal hemoglobinemia, favus bean poisoning, or reactions to chemicals, such as the sulfonamides, arsenic, aniline dyes and venoms. Presumably the headache mechanisms in these rather rare states have to do not only with the vasodilatation arising from anoxemia, but also from the fever and toxicity occurring in the course of these hemolytic episodes. The treatment of the headache in these conditions should consist of as simple and few painrelieving medicines as possible, usually of the codeine or morphine variety, with avoidance of drugs which, in themselves, may produce hypersensitivity reactions. The use of cold applications should obviously be avoided in “cold” hemoglobinuria.